A new “Mini Companion” model option appears on Grok for iOS. It feels like an older Grok model and likely a mistake rollout. Super fast though
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The future of personal AI assistants is here, and it’s incredibly fun and addictive.
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"Being able to make my computer do things – anything – by just talking to an agent running inside it is incredibly fun, addictive, and educational (…) we’ve barely begun to tap into the potential of personal assistants. There’s no going back." https://
macstories.net/stories/clawdb
ot-showed-me-what-the-future-of-personal-ai-assistants-looks-like/
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Why AI codes well in 2026 according to this post
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Which AI have you used recently to believe that AI still codes like crap in 2026? Because there have been some serious advances and its vision is not far-fetched, I think.
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Anthropic CEO: AI Will Replace Software Engineers Within a Year
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🤯Le PDG d’Anthropic, l’entreprise derrière Claude, l’IA utilisée par près de 90 % des développeurs :
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 21 janvier 2026
« Nous sommes à 6 à 12 mois de modèles capables de faire tout ce que font les ingénieurs logiciels, de bout en bout. Nous nous approchons d’une boucle de rétroaction où l’IA… pic.twitter.com/ftxtOpCW5sThe CEO of Anthropic, the company behind Claude, the AI used by nearly 90% of developers: “We are 6 to 12 months away from models capable of doing everything software engineers do, end to end. We are approaching a feedback loop where AI builds better AIs.” “Software
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Google releases MCP server for Stitch to generate UI designs and fetch code
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Google has released its own MCP server for Stitch, which can be used to generate UI designs on the fly and fetch code directly from your IDE. https://t.co/sTQjFATuZV pic.twitter.com/MVwoNHlCln
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 21 janvier 2026Google has released its own MCP server for Stitch, which can be used to generate UI designs on the fly and fetch code directly from your IDE.
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OpenAI Atlas browser adds timestamps button on YouTube
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OpenAI Atlas browser can now show specific actions on certain websites. On YouTube, it shows a "Timestamps" button, which will instruct ChatGPT to pull this info from YouTube into the sidebar.
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Built an App via Plain English, Deployed in One Click
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I built an app yesterday to test the hype. Described it in plain English. Watched it build. Deployed in one click. No Stack Overflow. No enterprise plan gates. No debugging CORS at 2am. 5M+ builders already know.
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Gemini 3 Pro A/B Tested on AI Studio with Robot SVG Bench
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A true Gemini 3 Pro (GA?) is being A/B tested on AI Studio. Robot SVG bench
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Real Excel AI with error detection backed by PE funds
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Real Excel AI just dropped.
— God of Prompt (@godofprompt) 20 janvier 2026
While everyone else ships glorified formula writers, these guys built error detection that actually works.
PE funds with $600B AUM are the ultimate BS filter.
They're in.
Your spreadsheet anxiety just got solved. https://t.co/HAEBrx6aD9Real Excel AI just dropped. While everyone else ships glorified formula writers, these guys built error detection that actually works. PE funds with $600B AUM are the ultimate BS filter. They're in. Your spreadsheet anxiety just got solved.
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Biotech trends, EVs, and social media dominance reshaping tech
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Top stories in tech today: – Biotech’s biggest 3 trends to watch
– Canada opens doors to Chinese EVs
– Threads overtakes X on mobile
– TikTok’s answer to ReelShort is here – Quick hits on other tech news Read more: https://
tech.therundown.ai/p/biotechs-big
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